AI feels intimidating to me as a writer!
I got to admit that; for a period of my life I felt intimidated by AI's ability to write faster, and more precise than I could ever fathom.
When I see the way Chat GPT writes for instance; I feel so insignificant, as if what I write never matters and never will. I also asked myself: if AI can write both faster and better than I can do, why should I even continue writing??
I believe every writer has felt this at least for a short period of time, and I'm also sure it has helped some people become better writers, and caused others to give up writing altogether.
I've tried to let my writings be heavily edited by AI and while you might think this resulted in some of my best writings being published, that was far from truth. The thing is; humans have their way of expressing thoughts that can be only felt by heart, meaning that it takes "two" humans for the message to be well-delivered.
Sometimes, there is a better and more straightforward way to say something, but I believe that even our imperfections make our writings better, only because they make them humane.
Instead of thinking about faster and better I think we should think of "more or less authentic". For example, writing about something I had personal experience with could never be similar to something that Chat GPT or any other AI assistant wrote, it's sometimes about personalization and other times about the idea that another human being wrote this.
Even myself included, I couldn't be truly inspired by something that was written by AI, but I could definitely be inspired by a personal experience that another human being shared even if their writing skills aren't the best.
Does someone agree with me or is that just a kind of a defensive mechanism for me to continue writing? I don't know but, either way, I'll continue to write and share my writings, because doing so makes me feel alive!